Northern Pacific Railroad Company: Pamphlet Vol.], Volume 11866 |
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... already described ; and the title of the company to the lands taken by virtue of this Act , shall not be affected or impaired by reason of any failure by any guardian to discharge faithfully his trust . And in case any party shall have ...
... already described ; and the title of the company to the lands taken by virtue of this Act , shall not be affected or impaired by reason of any failure by any guardian to discharge faithfully his trust . And in case any party shall have ...
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... already large settlements , which this very year will number many thousand souls . The opening of the navigation of the Missouri to Fort Benton , and of the Columbia and Snake rivers , to Priest's Rapids , and the mouth of the Palouse ...
... already large settlements , which this very year will number many thousand souls . The opening of the navigation of the Missouri to Fort Benton , and of the Columbia and Snake rivers , to Priest's Rapids , and the mouth of the Palouse ...
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... already been made , and the excel- lent character of the intermediate country , must satisfy all per- sons that a large population will occupy that region , even before the necessary surveys could be made to locate a Pacific railroad ...
... already been made , and the excel- lent character of the intermediate country , must satisfy all per- sons that a large population will occupy that region , even before the necessary surveys could be made to locate a Pacific railroad ...
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... already chartered is claimed to be both practicable and important , and in this I most fully concur ; but while I admit this and would grant all reason- able aid to insure its completion , there are advantages pertaining to the Northern ...
... already chartered is claimed to be both practicable and important , and in this I most fully concur ; but while I admit this and would grant all reason- able aid to insure its completion , there are advantages pertaining to the Northern ...
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... already made , there can be no longer doubt that so far as relates to snow and severity of climate , this road to the Pacific is entirely practicable . TUNNELS . Another difficulty has been suggested , and that is , that on this route ...
... already made , there can be no longer doubt that so far as relates to snow and severity of climate , this road to the Pacific is entirely practicable . TUNNELS . Another difficulty has been suggested , and that is , that on this route ...
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Page 11 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 8 - ... and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections: ProOpinion of the Court.
Page 8 - Pacific coast, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores, over the route of said line of railway and its branches, every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad...
Page 6 - The sovereignty of a state extends to everything which exists by its own authority, or is introduced by its permission; but does it extend to those means which are employed by congress to carry into execution powers conferred on that body by the people of the United States?
Page 6 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said Company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States...
Page 11 - An Act to secure homesteads to • actual settlers on the public domain...
Page 5 - Wisconsin, thence westerly, by the most eligible railroad route, as shall be determined by said company, within the territory of the United States...
Page 6 - It is of the very essence of supremacy to remove all obstacles to its action within its own sphere, and so to modify every power vested in subordinate governments as to exempt its own operations from their influence.
Page 10 - That the President of the United States shall cause the lands to be surveyed for forty miles in width on both sides of the entire line of said road, after the general route shall be fixed, and as fast as may be required by the construction of said railroad...
Page 8 - Office ; and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections, or parts of sections, shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers, or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections...